Guiseley v Rovers

[Ian]

Ohh dear, 0-0. Very poor and hardly a sniff at goal.
Cook yet again isolated.

Got to do better against part-timers.

 

[Cowshed Kid]

Four games gone and 8 points off the top. And haven't scored in three of them.
They need to get a grip....and quickly.

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

Better second half completely, dominated but still did not create enough. Dunn should have won it near the end. Gutted. Four games and three in which we have not scored says it all.

 

[Sparky]

Bloody ridiculous. Dunn sounds like he had more shots than crosses. On the right we have CJ being played out of position - who is supposed to create chances for the best target man in the league? We're away at a side who conceded 6 on Saturday so to start with one up front thru the middle was just madness. We should have gone for the jugular and played 2 out and out strikers.

Don't want to go overboard and Wembley wasn't that long ago but Micky is to blame for the system and formation and team selection, including 3 strikers on the bench and no creative option. He clearly didn't learn anything from the Sutton 2nd half. He's so stubborn.

I'll try and calm down now

 

[bring back the cowshed!]

No need to panic yet, but back to the drawing board. Lots of other, more unexpected results tonight. No one is taking the division by storm. Still early days.

 

[Sparky]

A lot of work to do before Eastleigh on Saturday.

 

[Boz]

It didn't sound like complete domination from the radio commentary, though it sounded like Rovers were well on top in the last 20 minutes. Buxton, Wirral Radio's MoM, McNulty and Ridehalgh seemed to have decent games, but apart from them..?

McEveley sounded like a liability. Dunn, while more involved was too selfish. The midfield trio were too similar, might we actually be missing a box-to-box type player closer to Maynard in style. Cook was too isolated, but failed to polish off the scraps he was given.

It doesn't look like Micky tried much experimentation in the behind closed doors games said to be so much better than open friendlies, given the way Rovers lined up almost identically in personnel and formation to the Sutton game and with another below par performance.

 

[Ian]

It is early days BBTC but to not score in three games is a tad concerning, especially since we invested in more firepower. Isolating Cook up front is a bad idea. Midfield also need to be doing a lot more. We've had a couple of half chances in the last 180 minutes of non-league football.

 

[Sparky]

4-3-3 didn't really work with Brabin hence his sacking. We scored more with 5-3-2 last season

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

It didn't sound like complete domination from the radio commentary, though it sounded like Rovers were well on top in the last 20 minutes. Buxton, Wirral Radio's MoM, McNulty and Ridehalgh seemed to have decent games, but apart from them..?

McEveley sounded like a liability. Dunn, while more involved was too selfish. The midfield trio were too similar, might we actually be missing a box-to-box type player closer to Maynard in style. Cook was too isolated, but failed to polish off the scraps he was given.

It doesn't look like Micky tried much experimentation in the behind closed doors games said to be so much better than open friendlies, given the way Rovers lined up almost identically in personnel and formation to the Sutton game and with another below par performance.

We dominated the second half in terms of possession but did not create enough, whatever it sounded like to you. Regarding formations, even the diamond with Jennings at the tip would be more effective than what we are doing now. Cook can't play as a lone striker. There also seems to be a lack of confidence, which is worrying, albeit no lack of effort. The barracking which dunn was subjected to tonight won't help matters though. He was up and down again, but hardly the only player underperforming.

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

It is not just a question of getting wide to supply cook. Ridehalgh and Buxton saw loads of the ball high up the pitch, but when the ball comes in cook is isolated in the box. We need norwood back to stretch the defence and give us more variety. And the midfield need to play better and create something.

 

[Boz]

It's not just what it sounded to me, it was how the radio commentary was describing it. Having the bulk of possession and dominating a game are very different things. It is worrying that possession wasn't converted into goals.

 

[Sparky]

Bring back Ronnie and his 4-4-2 lol!

A few things wrong: cook isolated, Jennings out of his best position, Sutton will be upset being dropped, Dunn looks way out of sorts, 3 strikers on the bench, playing one central striker away at a team who conceded 6 on Saturday

 

[Rockford's Love Child]

It's not just what it sounded to me, it was how the radio commentary was describing it. Having the bulk of possession and dominating a game are very different things. It is worrying that possession wasn't converted into goals.

It is one thing to contradict people when you have seen the game, but when you have not it is irritating. We had a lot of pressure around the box but could not prise their defence open. As spark says, we need to stop the brabinesque nonsense and play players in their correct positions. Did not realise neither aldershot or daggers won, which is something.

 

[Sparky]

Other forum posters suggesting that Micky had a scenario at Shrewsbury where if your face doesn't fit, it doesn't matter how good you are, you won't play. Makes me think of Dawson whose absence is leaving the bench unbalanced.

He does seem the stubborn type. I feel for Sutton. When Ihikwe left Richie was on the verge of joining Chester for first team football. MM persuaded him to stay and then signs another scouser in McEvely who seems to be another one of his favourites

 

[Boz]

I would hope that the Wirral radio commentators were at the game rather than making it up. Their account of the game did not suggest total domination, Guiseley players in attacking positions got regular mention, including the non-penalty incident, until the last 20 minutes when it seemed mostly Rovers.

 

[Cowshed Kid]

Apologies for my premature rant at being eight points off the top!
Last ditch equaliser for Maidstone - and one plus three plus one for us totals five, not four!
Still need to get a grip though.
Nors suspension served now?
Think he'll be back in on Saturday at expense of Dunn who sounded frustrating, as he was at Wembley.
It didn't sound like we played sufficiently up the field. Radio was suggesting Hughes was so deep he was virtually a sweeper. Shouldn't be giving these teams that sort of respect and caution.

 

[Sparky]

Playing a team who had conceded 6 on Saturday meant we should have gone for the jugular from the first whistle. I.e with 2 central strikers.

Micky saw the 2nd half v Sutton created very little. Guisleys heads would have dropped had we got an early goal so we needed to create. Instead he keeps the same system and midfield/attack and surprise surprise, it creates little.

 

[Ian]

We said before the game that Cook should not be isolated. Playing the same system doesn't make any sense. Like Sparky says, we should have gone for the jugular.

Let's see where we are when Norwood returns as I believe he's been a big miss for the last three games. Midfield have been disappointing too. Drop Dunn who doesn't have the quality for me. Also get CJ back into the middle as he's wasted out wide.

 

[Boz]

I think Norwood will improve things up front, with his work rate and pressurising opponents, but his return won't solve all our problems. Our best performance to date was the Woking game when he was banned. Agree that CJ is wasted out wide and deploying him more centrally would be a step in the right direction.